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CAUShiS OF INSANITY. INTERESTING STATISTICS ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. An Unpab'lj'ied l* >rct >u of tie Report of the Board ol R-ir?r.t?dfTiii? I??tiration?The Appropriation Ask (1 for Next l"?ar. Ooly a part of the annual report of the regents of the SLate lunatic asylum was published last week Maov portions - f 'he rep in. yet uipublui-fd are ol deep intt-r-st to the pn"hc For ttir fi-ca! year 1893 94 tne Mi??wi??n.ip,inpiuti,i? f,,r r.h^ ln.riin'ion is iL'K - ? ? -asked uf fir- L 'uisl;.'ture: F <r maintenance, $100000; 'mleage and perdiem of recti's, SI,500; sanitary :mprove m-nts, 81,000, a.ul a detail of (;<? victs, 82 500. It appears th.tr in 1889 thr Legislature appropriated S5i 0 for the education of feeble-minded children. This money was drawn out of the Slate treasury and p! iced in bank au-i never used. Pe; missiou is asked to use the money fur eaaitary purposes in addition to ia?* amount naru?d. Duriag tlir yenr closed 315 new pa tlents wire admitted, 1G0 wbite and 155 colored. The whole uumber under treatmeut was 1,109. Tbe total discbarges, including deaths, numbered 350. Of those discharged 77, or 24 per cent on admissions, were discharged recovered; 17 much improved; 22 improved ana 13 unimproved. Tne custom of seudiQ* out pitients on probation whenever their condition jas ilies it has been continued as in former years. By this method 133 patients have been sent out dunug tbe year aud 29 were brought over from last year, making a total of 162. Of this num ber, one white woman was returned as relapsed and 37 are still out on trial. Twelve patients eloped. In some instances this was due to carelessness of attendants, who were promptly discharged. The number of deaths was 17 more than last year and the same as the previous year. Our large mortality is due to tbe causes which have been dwelt upon at length in former reports, pulmonary tuberculosis leading the list. Thirteen patients died of general paralysis, 11 of senile exhaustion, 8 from epilepsy, 7 from exhaustion from acute mania and 7 from acute melancholia; of general tuberculosis and exhaustion from chronic mania, 6 each. IMPROVEMENTS. Speakiog of the improvements which have been made the report says: The sanitary condition of the asylum has been improved by placing aoors, either slatted or screened with heavy wire, through the old asylum, and in the white female wards and some of the male wards of the new asylum. The water closets in the new asylum have been ventilated by additional windows. Four new water closets have been added ?o the end section for the department for white men. The pantry sinks have been trapped and ventilated. The furnaces have all undergone repairs. Six wards in tbe new asylum bave been painted. Adjoiniog the kitchen a SDecial house has been built lor washing arid preparing veeo tables. A new sewing room was ti- it-d up for white women at the old asvlum. A well ventilated building for soiled clothes from the female wards of the new asylum has been erected. OCCUPATION AND AMUSEMENTS. A caret uliy prepared esi'-uate snows that a dally average of about forty per cent, of our pat ients are engaged in some useful occupation. The work shops, sewing rooms and farm not only provide employment for the patients, ?, but their work in these departments serve to reduce very materially the expenses of the institution. During the summer the experiment of employing some able-bodied patients' at brick making was attempted with partial success. About 45,000 brick were made. Owiug to tne inferior quality of the clay and the primitive methods employed, only second rate brick were made. The result of the experiment shows, however, what can h<? donfl bv emolovmcr demented na- i . tients for a tew hours a day. YVko good clay and some machinery better results could be expected. FAKM. Tbe report of ttie farm by tle stewart, Mr. J. VV. Buocb, is herewith appended. Wnile tb? results oq the i whole are not so satisfactory as they were last year, yet considering rhe unfavorable seasons they are at least ' creditable. ; The estimated market value of the products of tha farm for the year is i 826,492 03, and th?cos?. 01 labor, fertilizers, &c., was S11.5S9 02, 'hus giving a prutit of 14,903 02, or S85.16 per acre for the 175 acres unaer euluvation. Tbe oat. and com crops were short, 1 yielding 1,400 bushels of oats and 2,500 bushels of corn. The supply of vega U&UJto UULlUK luo oatLiuiri woa suiucient for the needs of the institution. The farm .supplied 1,175 bushels of coin, which was ground oq the premises, tbus providing nearly all the meal used for the patients. The tabulated statement of tbeyield of milk from the dairy shows that 119,713 quarts were supplied, which at a marKet value of i 8 cents per quart amounts to 89,577.04. i This excellent snowing from the dairy i is due to the food value of ensilage, of which a large stock was put up last year and used for the herd winter and i summer. The supply on ensilage for this year ha3 been nearly doubled, about 550 tons being now in tbe pits. disposal of sewage. For some jears the sewage of the institution has been emptied by way of Smith's branch into Broad River Since April all the sewage of the institution has been used to irrigate twen1. ...a. fho nonlnm fu>.n nnn Lj auico ui buo oojmm ioiuj. iuq ovatem of surface irrigatiou has been employed, because the elevated lxation of the main sewer and the sand character of the soli seemed especially favorable to this methed. It is estimated that a daily average of 45,000 gallons of sewage are distributed on the farm. No storage or sypon tanks or other kinds of receptacles have been used. To prevent over satuation of the soil and washouts has required the employment of one man to direct the sewatre Btieam by trenches through the growing crops. In this manner the following kinds of produce have been irnjja ted: Corn, tomatoes and caboage. COST OF PATIENTS. HPKo AAof s?ui-kifo 'it' oinK nof JL UU VVJU JJtl yt \JI*\SLJL |/nui?<uu has been 36.4 cents per day, or 3132.80 per annum. The following table gives tho annual per capita for the last ten days: 1883 84 8142 78 1884-85 140.34 1885 86 140.27 1886 87 137 30 1887 88 140 59 1888 89 137 47 1889 90 131 u5 tonn Qf lvvi AO : 4QOV 47 X ? . JIUU I 1891 92 13211 1892 93.. , 132.80 RELIGIOUS SERVICES. According to th^ar an#ements made last year and mentioned in the las' leport, chapel services have been held in turn by ministers of the Baptist, dis copal, Methodist and Presbyterian E inominations. Duriog the year liev. y Dr. Ellison Capers, Key. Dr. William Capers. Mr. M >orer anl Mr Robertson have iffi Mated. R-v. R, Mitchell has ccn hicted the funeral services of patients who were buried tier*. PATIENTS BY COUNTIES. More parents hive neea admitted from this county during the past year than from any other, the number being Or> onH A nHnro -*r? ora tiavt Oil vj'iai lr-ouuu nu'j o,'iuui o- ?n uiv iivau vvith 19 e4';h: Newberry, Uoion and Horry sea1 only t<vo eaca during enci yv-ir; Pickeas and Clarendon 3 eacn. Kershaw leads all with only 1 p itient: T ift female patlen's tn Ui; .sylum >re: 252 white nd 149 colored; .-.alf .178 tfhr.e and 180colored. There are 100 more whife women than colon j women and more colored men 'hin ?viti>e men. The number of p.? lents in the institute by couotii-s is its foil ?svs: Counties. Male?. F^-tu's. Total. Abbeville 19 12 31 Aiken : 11 8 19 Audersim 11 17 28 Utru well IS 11 24 Beaufort 5 11 16 Berkeley 7 _5 12 Charleston 41 51 92 , , Chwsterfitiia (5 6 12 CS.'.Tendon 5 8 13 Co:l 'ton 11 6 17 DdrhiiBton 13 9 22 E'lKtfwla 11 18 29 Fairfield 12 10 22 Florence 5 0 11 Georgetown 6 3 9 Greenville 15 20 35 HUmpton 2 9 11 Horry 12 3 Kershaw 7 7 14 Lancaster 6 8 14 Laurens 9 10 19 Lexington 5 10 ~ 15 Marion 9 14 23 Marlboro 3 10" 13 Newberry 5 4 Oconee 8 9 17 Orangeburg 15 14 29 Pickens 5 3 8 Richlaud 34 33 67 Spartanburg 14 20 34 Sumter 17 16 33 Union 7 8 15 Williamsburg 3^4 7 York 12 10 22 Other States 1 1 Totals 358 401 759 There are 121 single persons in the asylum; 138 marrieti; 39 widowed aDd 27 unknown. The ages of the patients admitted during the year was as follows: Under 15 years, 9; over 15 and under 20 years, 24; over 20 and under 30 years 75; over 30 and under 40 years 88; over 40 and uuder 50 vears 56; over 50 and under 60 vears, 31; over 60 and under 70 years, 10; over 70 years of age, 13, unknown 9. CAUSES OF INSANITY. The following are given as the caus es of the insanity of those admitted during the past pear; Heredity 8 111 health 5 Intemp?rance 17 Congenital 7 Miscellaneous 3 Domestic unhappiness 12 Domestic affliction 14 Loss of meney and property 7 Over study 2 Sunstroke 7 Religion 13 Menopause 2 Puerperal 13 Injury to head 7 Epilepsy 22 Injury to spine 6 La grippe 6 Loss of tiand 1 Uterine trouble 11 Senility 4 Loatnsome disease 4 i ypuoiQ ? Prolapsus recti 1 Meningitis, chronic 1 Frig 3 Orebral hemorrhage 1 Unknown 135 Total 315 FORM OF INSANITY. The form ot insanity of the new patients is as follows: Acute mania 69 Ubronic mania 7 Recurrent mania 13 Epileptic mania 30 hysterical m mi i 5 Puerperal mnuia 5 Puerperal melancholia 3 Acute melancholia 67 Chronic melauchoiti 7 Hypochondriacal melancholia 4 Acute dementia 2 T ruoical dementia 22 Senile insanity 14 IVxtc insanity 8 Circular insanity 1 Loa; hsome mania 1 Loathsome dementia 1 Post-febric insanity 2 Hebephrenia... 2 General paralysis 14 P-ianoia 11 Iaiocy 5 Imoecility 6 Morai imbecility 1 Paralytic insanity 1 Not insane 9 Total 315 PAY OF NURSES. The equitable adjustment of the pay of attendants on the insane is a m atter of much importance and not of easy settlement. The pay of nurses in the traning school has been regulated as follows: Women are paid ten dollars ($10) per month durinsr the first year .md twelve dollars ($12) per month during the second year; men are paid fifteen dollars ($15) per month during the first year and seventeen dollars ($17) per month during the second year. The monthly pay of nurses who have completed the two years course oftratningand received the ticket of graduation is: for men twenty-one dollars (521) and for women sixteen dollars ($16). Graduate head nurses on or dinary wards receive in addition one dollar ($1) a month, and on infirmary and retractory wards two dollars ($2) a month. Death ol a Great Divine. New York, Nov. 18.?The Rev. Dr Charles F. Deems died at 9.55 o'clock. Charles Force Deems was born in Baltimore. Md. Decemher 4. 182(1. war graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, in 1839, and entered the Methodist ministry in New Jersey. In 1841 he accepted tUe professorship of loi^ic aud rhetoric in the Univeisity of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, holding this office for five Years. In 1850 he was a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, bouth, which met in St. Louis. While there he was elected to the presidency of Greens boro, N C.. Female College aud also to the presidency of Centenary College, at Jackson. La Ai- the close of 1860 tie went to New York, was occupied for a time in literary pursuits aud subsequently established the Church of the Straneers Ha was at one 'line president of liutaers Female College, ot Nc-v York city. He has received tho degree of D. D. from Randolph-Macon College, and ti at of LL. JD. from the University of North Carolina. Bssides the publication of several voluoaes of sermons lio has been a frtquen:.contributor to per?uuic^l literature and is the author of several works ot note. , w AN OPtCN LEITER 10 GENERAL WADE HAMPTON FROI\ uroorio r?/A MP A NlH PTA1/CC ivi'ioona' cv?vio ?iiu o i wr\to (a Wh en H Ik A>k?d to SCtte Wbereli th>. F ?rm r* A lllunc - Il<8 B?en Uudfmo crut c?Tin Oo?l? Platform UavlHw^d Plank by I'Unk. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 21.?Thi Raster of ttvs raoraiusr publishes thi to lovva^ opaa lettsr to daa. Waia Hoa. Wide Hampton. Washington D. (J.: lu a recent commaoicatiou over you signature iu Tue Slate we note eapeciall; tbe following passage among others o equally surprising tenor: "Tlie tims has oan wbea the Jim sh'?i'd be drawn bstweeu those wh( stand upon 0 -a'a piatform and thosi who stand up > > that of the nationa Democracy. No man who upholds t u tonuer can properly claim to be i Democrat." A little further on you refer to the 'fallacies of tho Ocala adherents." As the platform referred to by you ii the platform of tae Farmers Alliance in rhioStjiK^ wfl hs rp.nresentatives of that body of sturdy citizens wtio have nevei voted any bat the re-rular Democratic ticket, State and national, respectfully ask that vou point out the fallacies in that platform, aod show wherein an} plank of that platform is InconsiBteni wirh the principles ot broad Democracy enunciated by Jefferson and preservec unimpaired through a century of Strug ele in the platforms of the Democratic party. If we are wrong, a8 individuals or as an Alliance, we desire to bo set right, Truth, right and justice to all are out objective points, and light leading ic those directions is gladly received, Whatever the source, whether highest or lowest, whether from a friendly or an unfriendly quarter, light aud iogij will always be accorded a rational analysis at least. This is the teaching of our order and in this spirit we address you, sincerely desiring ana expecuug uu uu< swer. And we may add that the gs#at organization we lepresent, comprising not only the backbone ot the State's industrial projress, but the majority o) the people; comprising the great majority ot those who b^re.I their breasts to the bullets of South Carohaa's foes, and who have furnished th" great majoritn of the votes by which Democracy woj the fight that placed yourself In tb Governor's chair and subsequently in the United States Senate?tbat great organization will expect ?n answer be fitting the memories of the past as well as the exigencies of the present. For your convenience io answering we will summarize the several planks in the Ocala platiorm whijb you have denounced as fallacies, and will indicate th'3 questions we wished answered. 1. The firstOeala demand is for the abolition of national banks and ttie issue ot the people's credit direct to the peo pie apoo such security as tbe|people caa *ive and ai such interest as the national baokerB have coj-iyed for near thirtv years pan. W here is the tallacv in thier Is this undemocratic? What is fallacious or undemocratic in the demaod tor an Increase of the circulating medium to the same per capiia ratio that existed when the pu'o'.ic debt was made? 2 We defraud that legislation be on< acttd that will prevent a relative fen from gambling in the people's bread and meat and clothing, wherebv millions ol dollars aru forcibly wrested from thene< cap^ities of the De jple. Ia there anyt'iinz undemocratic in thai? Where ia the tkllao? 3. We demand the free and uullmited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 in order that our debts may be payable in the same sort of dollars that were cnrrAnt, when the debt3 were made. W( maintain that it is infamous to requln ub by legislation to pay the mortgage: on our tarmsin dollars tbat cost double as much of our labor to get. Is this uo democratic? Where is the faliacv? 4 We demaod tbat the public lands shall be held for actual settlers, anc that holdings by aliens or syndicates foi speculative purposes shall be prohibited. Is this undemocratic? Whore i3 this fallacious?. 5 We demand a tariff for revenue only and tbat the government be eco nomically uod honestly adm'nistered: that the tarill bi taken off the necessa ries ot life and 'evied upon the luxuries! that the bulk of the taxes be raised upot the incomes'of the people rather tbar upon their necessities. Is this the plant you had in mind when you said "Nc ta*n who uphold* (it) can claim to b8 a Democrat?" Is this a "fallacy?" 6. We demand "the most rigid, hon e9t and just State and national govern mental control of the means of publif communication and transportation,' ami if the people's suffrage be atil abused iben that the people construc and operate their own railroads and tel egraph lme3. Is this undemocratic' Is it fallacious? 7. We demand the election of Unitec States Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. Is tb'13 undemo cratic? Is it fallacious? Your early attention will greatlj oblige the organization we represen and at the same time the great majority of those who voted for Mr. Clevelanc last year on the same principle tha they voted for you in 1876. Very respectfully yours, W. D. Evans, President South Carolina State Farm ers Alliance. J. W*. Stokes, lecturer South Caruliaa State Farm ers Ailiance. Pianos ana Organs. Now Is the time to buy summer plar S25 cash balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $1( cash, balance November lota 18J3 Will buy a organ at spot cash price See the list to choose from. Steinw*v Masnn & Hamlin. Mathusnek and Stir ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Org?ms. Fifteen days teal trial and frvignt. both wiys if n?t satis' factory. A large lot of nearly new and 8HCond hand Plauos and Organs at bar gains. Good as new. Write for prices W.N.Trump, Columbia, 3. C. * 8ent?n?-*d. Cincinnati, Nov. 22?Clarence M Overman, tt.e defaulting president ol theGeiunct Citizens National Bank ol Millsboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty to th< two iridic'menta for embezzlement ir the United States District Court this afternoon and was sentence! to Uve years in each ea??e, to be served concur rently. He left at 2 o'duck 'his after ternoon iu charge of an officer for Co lumbus PemteutiBry. CEOA* SPRINGS INSTITUTE. Splendid Showing In TeacUIng the Da?( and lha Blind. The forty-flfth annual report of the Cedar Springs Institute tor the deaf and a the blind ia a very interest'"!? document _ TbeB^ardof Commissioners say they t are very much pleased with the able management oi the superintendent. For the coming year the board re9 commends for support, repairs, improve9 m*nts, and electric lights the sum ot $22 120, which is a small amouat for the support of such an institution and > shows most careful and economical management. r During the past year the average at? tendance has been 129. There are f thirty-five in the department for colored pupils. The enrollment has risen from 8 ?r. 1Q77 fn 1ZA. in 1flQ5 mCUtJ'OlA iU JIUI f W il/t m XVVVI } This large increase has been due in * a large measure to the continuous and 1 wise management of the board. The B superintendent eavs the last year has i been one of successful work. There have been no deathB and not a case of i serious sickness among the pupils. The healthfulnesB of the place is evidenced * bv the bill for .medical attendance for the past year, which has been only $26. ' The receipts from pay pupils during " the year were $383.02 and the expendii tures were $17,316.95 for all purposes. The superintendent says that the largely increasing number of pupils J makes it necessary that a supply of < proper machinery for the laundry should ' be put In and recommends the putting I in of an electrio light plant on, the ground of economy and safety. The J Ways and Means Committee ot the House recommended these appropria* i lions at the last cession of the L?gisla. ture, but for soaie reason the Hou*e did ' not make the appropriation. i The report goes oa to say: > "Some action was taken by the last Legislature looking to the separation of i the two classes (the deaf and the blind) I provided for here. The request for this action did not originate with the management of the school, but I feel sure 1 JS Ml - :iL ?:J i your yjuru win iu;reo wuu tuo luut oaiu' action looking to the establishment and maintenance by the State of separate ; schools for the deaf and blind Is doslra ble, and will have your earnest support t when it shall become necessary to arrange for the accommodation of a larg ,er number of pupils than we now have. I There c in be no strong reason given i for the dual nature of the school, except ' that of economy In dollars and cents, i while various reasons may be urged for tlie maintenance of separate schools. ' Our printing office has been redtted ' and refurnished and Is now well I equipped for affording .instruction In ' printing. : Oar thanks are due to the different > railroads throughout the State for the ' special rates allowed the pupils in goi ine to and from school. The number ol pupils in attendance for the ensuing year will be as great or ' greater than that of the past year." A short history of the institution prei pared b/ Mr. N. F. Walker as acontri* i bution to the general history of all the schools for the deaf and blind in the ' United States and Canada and Mexico ) is appended to the report. The institution was established at its vM*naAnf Innofmn in lfllO ht? Rau Vftartnn poo&uu twavivu IU AUZV wj J.*v ? w ?i ?WM I Pinckeny Walker and it opened with a class of five children. Tbe school was changed from an indi' vidua] enterprise to a State institution [ in 1857, when the Legislature made an ? appropriation for the erection of suit* ' ble buildings. Tbe school was closed io 1865 and i reopened in October, 1866, but was soon closed again on accouut of the un I settled condition of the State's finances Io 1869 it was opened again, with J. M. > Hugnson, a graduate of tbe institution? > as superintendent. In 1872 he resigned, i and tbe present superintendent, N. F. J Walker,a son of tile founder, whose s death occourred in 1867,was appointed, i In that vear a building was fitted up for tbe colored pnpils, aad the Qadical Board of Commissioners attempted to i force social equality in the school, by 1 issuing tbe following order to the super* ' intendent: "First. Colored pupiln must notonly > be admitted into the institution on appli* cation, but an earnest and faithful efi for it must be made to mdace such pupils to apply for admission. ; "Second. Such pupils when admitted must be domiciled in the same bailding, ? must eat at the same table, and be 1 taught in the same class rooms and by 1 the same teacher, and must receive the c same attention, care and consideration > as white pupils." On the reception ef the above order the superintendent and all other officers sent in their resignations. An effort was made to secure superin2 tendent and teacherB who would be gov* ' erned by these instructions, but it failed, 1 and the school was closed from Septem t ber, 1873, to September, 1876, when it was reopened. The department for colored pupils was opened in 883. The Palmetto Leat, as an institution paper, made its first apparauce in 1887, and has been published somewhat regularly everslnce. All pupils have training in some handicraft or useful occupation. Superintendent?N. F. Walker. Matron?Mrs. V. E. Walker. Physician?George W. Heint?h, M. D. Teachers of the Deaf?T. H. Coleman. Mrs. L. C. Irby, Miss M. M. King, Miss M. 0. Sherrerd. Mrs. G. Coleman. Teachers of the Blind?L. H. Cormer, J. C. Meares, Miss;B. P. Wrieht. Teacher of Drawing and Fainting?. Mrs. G. Coleman. Foreman ol the Shop?R. }P. Rogers, i Foreman ot the Printing Office?J. T. Carter. ' Foreman ot Shops for the Blind?H. W. Eites. . department for colored pupils. Teacter ot the Deal?J. T. Carier. I Teacher of the Blind?H. W. Eites, i Matron?Eliza Alexander. | Agtonlshlof. Anderson, S. C., Nov. 18.?Anderson I U nn UAMH f ../4.?n f kn n f f Mik/tf 4 An i Lias uocuuuyvucu tuuny, tuo attiauuuu being tte promise of Dr. Leo, a traveling medicine man, to make a cripple from rheumatism walk without he.p. . The man selected was a factory emF ploye, who had not walked for over i three months. Several local physicians 3 examined him and, pronounced the i case asinflamatory rheumatism. After j a vigorous application of some "In* 5 dian" medicine, the man walked with - ease, only limping slightly. The stand - was surrounded by perhaps 2,000 people - who raised cheer after cheer as the cripple walked up and down the stand., / n ? Daty on Iron Ore. Washington, Nov. 22.?Tbe ire ore men have been cefeated, ana tl men who have combatted so vaiiunt' to keep this article off the free list wei today formally notified by members the ways and mean9 committee that had been finally decided by the Demc cratic members tbat iron ore would t placed on the free list. This is tl most important development ot tae da as it leaves the the iron ore men of Alt bama, Virginia aid Michigan noalterm tive but to carry their on to tl floor ol the House. This they are no threatening to do, and i< is more free] stated than ever that the new tariff bi containing this new provisiou will I opposed in the Hoasa by the solid Dan ocralic delegation from Alaba na aud the Senate by Senators Morgan ac Pugh. The Western Iron Ore Asaocif lion, through President Geo. H. Ely, i Cleveland, O., has made a vigorous pre test to the committee. The coramitw today concluded thti wool schedu.e i the new tariff bill. The measure providi for the admission, free of duly, all wool hair of the camel, goat, alpaca and oth< like animal?, and of wool and hair o the skin, noils, top waste and oth< wastes, and ass combed wholly or i part of wool; also repeals wnat ai known as compensatory duties on wool en goods and reduces the advalorem di ties on such goo 2s. It also repeals th compensatory duties upon carpets of a kinds, rugs and mats, and reduces tb advalorem duties thereon from 40 p< cent, advalorem to 30 per cent, advalo rem. It also reduces the duties upon ce tain qualities of waste, whic have been advanced beyond tl condition of scoured wool fc the U3e ot machinery or by. the ap plication of labor, to 25 per cent adva lorem. The duty on shoddy mun;o an certain other wastes is put at 25 p< cent, advalorem. Over one thousan petitions, telegrams and memorials hav been rec.-ived by members of the com miltee from temperance societie throughout the couDtry asking that tfa whiskey tax by raised. A telegrat from [owa Falls, la., says: "We hav tried State prohibition, and dad that w canaot cope with the evil. Frohibitio don't always prohibit; but if the generf government places a heavy tax on tb product, it will tend to lessen the out pat of the cursed stuff." Many appeal come from branches of the Womanf Christian Temperance Union, askin the committee to fix the tax on whiske at a dollar and a half. Meanwhile, tb distillers are .silent on the subiect. A Fight with R >bbnrs. Clifton, 8. C., Nov. 17.?One of the most daring robberies ever perpetrated in this section occurred about twelve miles above hers, near the old Cow pens battle-ground today. Ttie Good< brothers, two desperate characters o tnat neighborhood, selzad a wagoi team with three bales of cotton anc made away with the same. A poss M t-rrTAnftr firro rnonl nfo unH Ho U1 tlUUUU IWUUUj-UfO A V>?\S*l*UVJ UUVk UVI termined men, beaded by Hubert i: Scruggs, was soon in bot pursuit of th fugitives, wbo were overhauled wlthii a miie or two of tbis place, when fierce battle took place. Tbe Goode fougbt like tigers, and although one o tbemis tbougbt to have been sho through and through by a Remingtoi rifle, yet he succeeded, with his orota er la making bis escape upon the bad of a very fleet horse belonging to ou of the pursuers. The pursuing part was uoburt, although one of them nai rowly escaped, a bullet passing throug his clothes. A young man namei Jolly was with the Goodes when the; were found, and was arrested. He die claims any knowledge of tbe robber; Nothing further has been learned <j the whereabouts of the desperados When last seen they wer 1 flr'ng rapic ly from tbe backs of their flying steeds The horse which was carried off ( very valuable saddle horse) was foun late this afternoon by Capt. Tlsdal* The animal had Deen wo-jnded by a pi: tol shot, and doubtless, when the found him he could be of no f urthe use to them, the robbers left htm, an It Is supposed that they swam the rive above here aad are now somewhere i hiding amongst the dense forests nes its shore. The posse Is still o the lookout, and it is confidently e: pected that the desperadoes will b captured, although a stubborn resis' ance may be made.?State Leaped to Ooath. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17.?A moi sensational suicide was committed i the Northwestern section of the oil this morning. While North Euta< street was thronged with early risers, scene at the fourth story wii dow of a handsome brick bulli ing near the Triangle of Eutav St. Mary's and Madison avenue, a tracted the attention of the passers b; An entirely nude man was crouching c the window sill preparing to jump. . moment later he plunged headlong t the ground. The man was Seaor Carlt Diez Gomez De Cadiz, the Consul of tl Kingdom of Spain at Baltimore. Tt body struck tne earth with terrific fore The skull was crushed and death ws instantaneous. There is no doubt th; Diaz committed the deed while in a f of insanity. Diaz had been the Spanit Consul at Baltimore for two years. E was 46 years old. He came from a di tingulshed Spanish family, and hs been in the consu'ar service of his n; tive country twenty-two years. Fc twenty years he was stationed at Tuni Algeirs. Many decorations were to stowed upon him by the Spanish au Portuguese governments and the Be of Tunis, rfenor Diaz married an Enf lish woman. She with her two childre were asleep in an adjoining room whe the Consul leaped to death. ' DENS "THE WORLD'S GRE the machi the on: for typewriters at the "no machine could jsjjps be any better. it is PERFECT." Privave statement of one of the Judges. ' v-? Responsible Oou J. W . Grit GENERAL AGENT p a diplomatic question. m 36 A Chilly Beoeption AwaHInf the HawaIIly an Representative. re Washington, Nov. 22?It was . clearly apparent this morning that the it publication of MlBlster Thurston's re)_ ply to Commissioner Blouot's report created a very disagreeable impression at the Department of State. None of ie the officials care to discuss the matter v, with H view to publication of their i- views, but privately it is intimated i- that the Minister has taken an extra:e ordinary course, that be has violated ^ all the proprieties of diplomatic inter y wui9c,auu i/uab m aujr utuer uuuuiry in than the United States he would be immediately famished with bis pass_ ports, which 13 the diplomatic method . of intimating to a minister that he is l? persona non grata and had better take ld his departure. l~ But Mr. Thurston has made it diffl of cult for snch a coarse to be pursued, by i- very shrewdly disclaiming in the beje ginning of his article any intention of ot publishing an opinion on the internals tional questions at issue, and declariug 8 that he proposed confining bimself to a statement of facts concerning himself 'D in reply to Mr. Blount's personal atip tacks upon him. Although the minisj" ter under this cover, manages to discuss and traverse nearly every sub!e stantial statement made by Bloant; L~ his disclaimer obscures very much any * violation by him of diplomatic proprle eties?if, indeed, his statement can be U so regarded?and would make it dilute cult for the Department of State to deal it with him, as it might otherwise be disi. posed to do. ir But, as a matter of fact, the impresh sion is that the Department has.no In Le tentlon of adopting heroic measures in Minister Thurston's case. Neverthey less it may be anticipated that he will meet with a rather chilly reception upon his next visit to the department of d State. 3r All the State Department officials d stood mute when there was brought to 'e their attention the published, report - that Queen Lilioukalandi bad been reis stored to the Hawaiian throne yssterie day. In view of the intimations that a have been dropped, to the effect that e radical feature of Minister Wishes's e luatrucuoua wouiq aeveiop soon alter Q and not before, the sailing last Thural day from Honolulu of the Alameda, which Is due at San Francisco tomorrow, and that stirring events were ex~ pected to occur about that time, it can 8 not be said that the report is entirely * discredited here. But if the exg treme step has been taken, at the y time indicated, the American e public will not be aware of it by any news likely to come by means of the Alameda, tomorrow, and owing to the gap of twenty days in the mall service caused by the wrack of the steamer 5 Miowere, the public mast wait many I days for that news unless something a should come to hand by way ot China, through some outward bouad steamer touching at Honolulu. f Thurston's dramatic recital of the revolution of 1887 recalls the fact that , when the news of that event was received, the British minister (at that time Sir Lionel Sackvllle Wear) asked j* the United States to join England, ' France and Geiv&any in an internation1 al guarantee of (he neutrality of the a feandwicb or Hawaiian Islands (similar a to tbe Samoan agreement.) 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